Joe's Vault: Starbucks takes on the nation

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Our good friends at ABC's "Nightline" called looking for some old video of Starbucks and CEO Howard Schultz.

After finding it, I thought it would be fun for all you coffee drinkers to take a look at a time when Starbucks just sold coffee beans and had been purchased by Il Giornale coffee shops.

Starbucks was boldly planning to "build 26 stores across the country by next year."

The first story is from June 5, 1987, when Schultz had just purchased Starbucks, and the second is from December 21, 1987, when Starbucks was making its forays into the rest of the country, showing the nation what Seattle's coffee was all about.

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While seated at a Starbucks, a homeless man came in and sat nearby. His scent was unpleasant and people looked at him and rolled their eyes. He was simply doing what we were all doing, drinking coffee and taking advantage of free WIFI. He brought his dog, Legacy, who was well behaved.

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After spending the morning shooting pictures at other fields in the area, I was on my way home and noticed the unique colors in this field of flowers. I made a mental note as to its location so I could rendezvous back the following day.